VESTAL – The Golden Bears ended the Corning Hawks football season with a 33-14 win at Dick Hoover Stadium Friday in a Section IV, Class A Div. I semifinal.

The Hawks close out the year with a 3-6 record, while Vestal (6-3) moves on to play the winner of tonight’s Horseheads-Union-Endicott semifinal.

Corning came out quickly, opening the game with a successful onsides kick. The Hawks then rattled off a nice 11-play drive to move the ball 48 yards. Austin Cates scored from two yards away and give Corning a 6-0 lead.

But Vestal came back with a vengeance, scoring the next three times it touched the ball as quarterback Nick Wegmann completed five passes for 128 yards and a touchdown in the first half. Wegmann also scored from 10 yards away and Zach Cook added a 15-yard TD run.

The final two scoring drives were set up by Golden Bears interceptions by Andrew O’Hara and Pat Carlin.

Corning missed a chance to cut into the lead when a touchdown run was called back due to a holding penalty, allowing Vestal to lead 20-6 at the intermission.

The Hawks opened the 3rd quarter with a 12-play 65-yard drive, with Cates scoring his second TD from 12 yards out. But Vestal answered with two scores in the fourth quarter.